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 V.  Textbook Claims that Contradict the Quran:

How can the textbook make these claims compared to the Quran?

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Quran/Koran

 “Christians and Jews are respected as ‘people of the book’ by Muslims, and all their prophets are revered.”  (Pg 62-63)

“The Quran and Sunna allow self-defense and participation in military conflict, but restrict it to the right to defend against aggression and persecution.”(Pg 64)

 “Many different peoples benefited from Muslim tolerance.” ( Pg 82)

 

“O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as [friends, protectors, helpers, etc]”    (Surah 5:51)

 “Prophet, make war on the unbelievers and the hypocrites and deal rigorously with them. Hell shall be their home: an evil fate (Surah 9:73)

Kill them wherever you find them. Drive them out of the places from which they drove you. Idolatry is worse than carnage. But do not fight them within the precincts of the Holy Mosque unless they attack you there”(Sura 2:190)

Further Quran Quotes:

“Mohammed is Allah's apostle. Those who follow him are ruthless to the unbelievers but merciful to one another.” (Sura 48:29)

“Let those who would exchange the life of this world for the hereafter, fight for the cause of Allah; whether they die or conquer, we shall richly reward them”. (Surah 4:74)

“O you who believe! Take not the Jews and the Christians as friends, they are but friends to one another. And if any amongst you takes them as friends, then surely he is one of them. Verily, Allâh guides not those people who are the Zâliműn (polytheists and wrong­doers and unjust)”  . (Surah 5:51)

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OTHER UNITS:

I. VARIOUS OBJECTIONS:

As this book is thick, I skipped around to various sections.  These examples I stumbled on which leapt off the page:

Page 34:   States Christians were fleeing other Christians and escaped to Persia (around the 600s).   I challenge this.  I’ve studied Biblical history, there were no Christians persecuting other Christians at this time.  Christians were severely persecuted by non-Christians, yet that appears skipped over often.

“Rome maintained peace in its provinces by allowing individuals to continue living and working as usual.”  (page  27, regarding 27 BC to 117 AD) 

What about the Roman ruler Nero and the intense persecution of Christians?

“Because Rome was strong, the empire was peaceful and stable,
 which benefited everyone in it.”
(page 28)

Nero put animal skins on Christians as they were fed to packs of wolves.  He used Christian bodies as human torches to light up Nero’s gardens.  Peaceful?   

I could not find any instance in this textbook where Christians were persecuted (except by other Christians, which I challenge.)  On page 315 there is a large 3-column block entitled: “Understanding Religious Persecution.”  It defines persecution, then states

“As Christianity in Europe grew stronger, it taught that
 members of other religions were to be converted, by force, if necessary.”

Segment also blames Christians for Jews persecution when actually everyone persecuted Jews (just as the Hebrew Torah/ OT Bible predicted they would be).  While segment repeatedly blames Christians exclusively for perpetrating persecution on others, there have been more Christian martyrs than any other belief!  It is amazing that only Joan of Arc is mentioned as a martyr (that I can find) and I believe she was the exception because it was an opportunity to criticize the Catholic Church.

“Christian” by definition means “Christ like.”  Nowhere in the Bible did Jesus say to convert people by force.  To blame “Christianity” is false.  Anyone can call themselves “Christian.” 

 Page 43:  Extremely misleading paragraph.  Begins with Byzantines (Christians) in 500 AD forcing Christianity.  Suddenly flashes back to 500 BC to list where Jews thrived.  Jumps forward to AD70 to when Romans destroyed Judea and “hundreds of thousands of Jews were shipped off as slaves.”  Many escaped, flourished in [various countries].”  (next paragraph)  “Justinian’s treatment of Jews and other non-Christians (there were no Muslims) was brutal.   

Unless a 7th grader watches the dates carefully as this paragraph jumps all over the place, one would get the impression that the Christians persecuted the Jews so terribly, when in fact, the Christians were being hunted down like animals in AD 70. 

Page 46:  Chapter Review: 

“Romans are remembered for the peace they maintained in their provinces
 by allowing people there to live as usual but under Roman law.”
  

Didn’t they just say they destroyed Judea and sold hundreds of thousands of Jews off as slaves?  Though it was confusing and gave the impression the Christians did it.  Everyone is portrayed as good guys except the Christians! 

Page 319:  “During the Middle Ages, many Christians saw themselves as sinful creatures struggling to get into heaven.  But humanists did not see people as sinful.  They thought people had dignity, worth, and the ability to achieve almost anything.  Religion was important to humanists, but they stressed that life on earth was also meaningful.” 

What a TWISTED view of Christianity!  Christians believe that Jesus paid the price for our sins, and because of Him we are holy and pure!  The Bible teaches we are “fearfully and wonderfully made.”  There are MANY verses about how precious we are to God, He counts the numbers of hairs on our heads, our pictures are in the palms of His hands.  To be Christian is to REJOICE.  Clearly textbooks cannot be trusted to teach religious beliefs.   

Page 285: “The mission of the church was to save the soul of all members so that they would go to heaven after they died rather than hell.  This salvation, or saving, came through accepting the beliefs of the church, living a moral life, and performing good works.”   

Again, this is an unbelievably twisted version of the gospel.  Not one word that Christ died for our sins?  That God so loved the world that He gave His only Son?  Just, “believe as we do or burn in hell?” 

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